The 180 square meter installation, designed by solar heating specialists Riomay of East Sussex, will cover the entire roof of the pool with 60 evacuated tube solar panels.

A display unit is to be located at the site showing present and cumulative output of the panels and a film is being made by the company of the installation from manufacture through to completion to be used as an educational aid for schools and the community.

Despite Aberdeen being further north than Moscow, Aberdeen City Council is one of a number of local authorities turning to solar heating for swimming pools.

In Shropshire, Bridgnorth Council are installing solar heating on a specially built pergola beside their public pool at Highley, and in East Sussex Brighton University is among several organisations considering the solar option for heating pools.

Other recent projects by Riomay have been undertaken at Gatwick Airport, Windsor Castle, HM Cardiff Prison, Fife Council, Habinteg (Ulster) Housing Association and a primary school in Warsaw.

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